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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... of liver, Dengue ... fever, HIV infection ... or elevation of liver ... fluke, amebic liver
Liver Abscess
•	Pyogenic abscess, accounts for 80% of abscess.
•	Amebic abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica, accounts for 10%.
•	Fungal
Liver Abscess • ... 50% of solitary liver ... in the right Liver ... • Fever in 90% ... cm Continuous fever
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Causes of Fever ... Other: • Drug fever ... Osteomyelitis • Occult abscess ... Infection: • HIV ... UnknownOrigin #FUO #Chronic
Unexpected source of fever: Liver abscess on point-of-care ultrasound

- Dr. Dan Kim https://twitter.com/dan___kim/status/1016714544352116736

#Liver #Abscess #Hepatic #Clinical
Unexpected source of fever ... : Liver abscess ... 1016714544352116736 #Liver ... #Abscess #Hepatic ... #Radiology
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... Non-Infectious Causes ... Brucellosis • Liver ... or lung abscess ... #Patterns #Differential
Hepatic Masses on CT - Differential Diagnosis by CT Findings

Masses: Hemangioma, Adenoma, FNH, HCC, Fibrolamellar HCC,
CT - Differential ... Diagnosis by CT ... #CT #CTA #differential ... #diagnosis #liver ... #hepatology #radiology
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Onset Fever - Differential ... Coronavirus • HIV ... Skin Infection Abscess ... disease • Drug fever ... #Fever #Acute
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening
Primary Wall Thickening:
1 . Acute calculous cholecystitis
2. Acute acalculous cholecystitis
3. Chronic cholecystitis
4.
Causes of Gallbladder ... Chronic cholecystitis ... Systemic Processes: Liver ... Typhoid, Dengue fever ... #differential #
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Red Flags: • Fever ... refer + order CT ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... Algorithm Vascular Causes ... > 2 • NASH, Chronic ... injury: > 3 • Chronic ... injury #hepatitis #differential